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Meaning of indulge

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  indulge
      v 1: give free rein to; "The writer indulged in metaphorical
           language"
      2: yield (to); give satisfaction to [syn: {gratify}, {pander},
         {indulge}]
      3: enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream" [syn: {indulge},
         {luxuriate}]
      4: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
         the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
         {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cosset}, {cocker}, {baby}, {coddle},
         {mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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